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Table of Contents

  • 1. Chapter 1 - Part 1
  • 2. Chapter 1 - Part 2
  • 3. Chapter 2 - Part 1
  • 4. Chapter 2 - Part 2
  • 5. Chapter 3
  • 6. Chapter 4
  • 7. Chapter 5
  • 8. Chapter 6
  • 9. Chapter 7
  • 10. Chapter 8
  • 11. Chapter 9
  • 12. Chapter 10
  • 13. Chapter 11
  • 14. Chapter 12
  • 15. Chapter 13
  • 16. Chapter 14
  • 17. Chapter 15
  • 18. Chapter 16
  • 19. Chapter 17
  • 20. Chapter 18
  • 21. Chapter 19
  • 22. Chapter 20
  • 23. Chapter 21
  • 24. Chapter 22
  • 25. Chapter 23
  • 26. Chapter 24
  • 27. Chapter 25
  • 28. Chapter 26
  • 29. Chapter 27
  • 30. Chapter 28
  • 31. Chapter 29
  • 32. Chapter 30
  • 33. Chapter 31
  • 34. Chapter 32
  • 35. Chapter 33
  • 36. Chapter 34
  • 37. Chapter 35
  • 38. Chapter 36
  • 39. Chapter 37
  • 40. Chapter 38
  • 41. Chapter 39
  • 42. Chapter 40
  • 43. Chapter 41
  • 44. Chapter 42
  • 45. Chapter 43
  • 46. Chapter 44
  • 47. Chapter 45
  • 48. Chapter 46
  • 49. Chapter 47
  • 50. Chapter 48
  • 51. Chapter 49
  • 52. Chapter 50
  • 53. Chapter 51
  • 54. Chapter 52
  • 55. Chapter 53
  • 56. Chapter 54
  • 57. Chapter 55
  • 58. Chapter 56
  • 59. Chapter 57
  • 60. Chapter 58
  • 61. Chapter 59
  • 62. Chapter 60
  • 63. Chapter 61
  • 64. Chapter 62
  • 65. Chapter 63
  • 66. Chapter 64
  • 67. Chapter 65
  • 68. Chapter 66
  • 69. Chapter 67
  • 70. Chapter 68
  • 71. Chapter 69
  • 72. Chapter 70
  • 73. Chapter 71
  • 74. Chapter 72
  • 75. Chapter 73
  • 76. Chapter 74
  • 77. Chapter 75
  • 78. Chapter 76
  • 79. Chapter 77
  • 80. Chapter 78
  • 81. Chapters 79
  • 82. Chapters 80
  • 83. Chapters 81
  • 84. Chapters 82
  • 85. Chapter 83
  • 86. Chapter 84
  • 87. Chapter 85
  • 88. Chapter 86
  • 89. Chapter 87
  • 90. Chapter 88
  • 91. Chapter 89
  • 92. Chapter 90
  • 93. Chapter 91
  • 94. Chapter 92
  • 95. Chapter 93
  • 96. Chapter 94
  • 97. Chapter 95
  • 98. Chapter 96
  • 99. Chapter 97
  • 100. Chapter 98
  • 101. Chapter 99
  • 102. Chapter 100
  • 103. Chapter 101
  • 104. Chapter 102
  • 105. Chapter 104
  • 106. Chapter 104
  • 107. Chapter 105
  • 108. Chapter 106
  • 109. Chapter 107
  • 110. Chapter 108
  • 111. Chapter 109
  • 112. Chapter 110
  • 113. Chapter 111
  • 114. Chapter 112
  • 115. Chapter 113
  • 116. Chapter 114
  • 117. Chapter 115
  • 118. Chapter 116
  • 119. Chapter 117
  • 120. Chapter 118
  • 121. Chapter 119
  • 122. Chapter 120
  • 123. Chapter 121
  • 124. Chapter 122
  • 125. Chapter 123
  • 126. Chapter 124
  • 127. Chapter 125
  • 128. Chapter 126
  • 129. Chapter 127
  • 130. Chapter 128
  • 131. Chapter 129
  • 132. Chapter 130
  • 133. Chapter 131
  • 134. Chapter 132
  • 135. Chapter 133
  • 136. Chapter 134
  • 137. Chapter 135
  • 138. Chapter 136
  • 139. Chapter 137
  • 140. Chapter 138
  • 141. Chapter 139
  • 142. Chapter 140
  • 143. Chapter 141
  • 144. Chapter 142
  • 145. Chapter 143
  • 146. Chapter 144
  • 147. Chapter 145
  • 148. Chapter 146
  • 149. Chapter 147
  • 150. Chapter 148
  • 151. Chapter 149
  • 152. Chapter 150
  • 153. Chapter 151
  • 154. Chapter 152
  • 155. Chapter 153
  • 156. Chapter 154
  • 157. Chapter 155
  • 158. Chapter 156
  • 159. Chapter 157
  • 160. Chapter 158
  • 161. Chapter 159
  • 162. Chapter 160
  • 163. Chapter 161
  • 164. Chapter 162
  • 165. Chapter 163
  • 166. Chapter 164
  • 167. Chapter 165
  • 168. Chapter 166
  • 169. Chapter 167
  • 170. Chapter 168
  • 171. Chapter 169
  • 172. Chapter 170
  • 173. Chapter 171
  • 174. Chapter 172
  • 175. Chapter 173
  • 176. Chapter 174
  • 177. Chapter 175
  • 178. Chapter 176
  • 179. Chapter 177
  • 180. Chapter 178
  • 181. Chapter 179
  • 182. Chapter 180
  • 183. Chapter 181
  • 184. Chapter 182
  • 185. Chapter 183
  • 186. Chapter 184
  • 187. Chapter 185
  • 188. Chapter 186
  • 189. Chapter 187 - The Final Chapter
  • 190. Side Story - 1

Chapter 1 - Part 1

Huge thanks to H for the kofi! (9/10)

My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me now has extra chapters up on kofi-shop!  Buy them now, only at https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow/shop ! Tier 1 with 3 advance chaps is for 5$, tier 2 with 7 advance chaps is for 12$, and tier 3 with 10 advance chapters is for 18$~

***

The bubble flashed red and made a great fuss as if there was a disaster happening nearby.

“What?!”

Crystals were just crystals, but someone nearby was in trouble.

Lelia saw a red exclamation mark floating in the dark.

Hey, but that’s…

“It’s Kalix’s room?!”

Lelia ran without hesitation, opened the door to Kalix’s room and rushed in.

Fortunately, the door was not locked.

***

There was no light in the room and it was pitch dark. Lelia followed the red exclamation mark and found Kalix on the ground.

He was covered in a cold sweat, but…

“His eyes…”

Kalix’s eyes were glistening strangely with the pupil completely gone. Gold, red, purple and silver swirled and shone with a mysterious light. Apart from the strange atmosphere, he blinked both of his eyes with a painful groan.

It seemed the after effect of the injury he received in the battle with the Dragon is seizures.

“Kalix… Kalix!”

Lelia didn’t know what to do. All she could do was sit near Kalix and watch his face.

Does she need to call someone? A wizard? A healer?

[What should I do? What should I do?]

Lelia was so scared and confused that she couldn’t think straight. Then something suddenly occurred to her.

She immediately opened the item window and found something and took it out. It was one of the game items; pain relievers and sedatives.

It is one of the basic alchemy medicines like physical strength recovery drugs, but it was more effective. It was safe because it was a medicine that is ingested directly.

Lelia opened the lid of the bottle with her trembling hands and spilled it into Kalix’s mouth.

“No…”

Kalix gagged on the medicine, and pressed his eyes tightly shut.

Lelia broke down in tears because she felt sorry for him.

She knew there would be after effects from the fight, but she didn’t expect her precious friend to suffer so much.

[Have you been in pain all alone in such an empty place?]

Kalix has always been strong since he was a child, and was always reluctant to show his weaknesses.

Lelia continued to weep pitifully for Kalix.

Then gradually Kalix’s pupils began to return to normal.

The illusions that haunted him faded away.

The nightmare in front of him was bodies piled on top of each other, so high that he had to climb over them. The sticky blood of the dragon pulling down his whole body, the stench that pierced his nose…

It all disappeared when a faint voice was heard.

“Kalix! Kalix… Kalix!”

‘Ah…’

Kalix marveled, and recognized who the owner of the voice was.

“Leo…”

It was Leo as a child.

The terrible illusion disappeared and a peaceful landscape emerged.

A vast landscape of clouds

Leo ran to Kalix, who was lying down comfortably and taking a nap.

“Hey, are you sleeping here alone?”

“What… How did you know I was still here?”

When Kalix responded angrily, Leo smirked and laughed meanly.

“You’re in my team.”

“Yes, yes, the Captain is great.”

“The way you call me Captain is getting a little cheeky.”

Leo then lay down next to Kalix and posed the same way, supporting the back of his head with both hands, and placing one leg over his other knee.

When Kalix was dumbfounded by Leo imitating him, Leo closed his eyes and said with a smile, “Let’s get some rest before the others come. There are no leeches on my team.”

“Isn’t the Captain robbing all my secret places? Stop finding them all, none of them are private anymore. This is all your fault.”

“What a shame! By the way, isn’t it surprising that you also know how to enjoy meditation?”

“Meditation? What’s that? I was just taking a nap.”

“I thought so. What’s a simple child like you doing?”

“Hey you, what did you just say?”

“Did you just call me ‘Hey you’? Call me Captain!”

The warm wind tickled his cheeks and there was a beautiful pink sunset in the sky.

The sound of Leo’s laughter was as clear as the sound of birdsong.

The image gradually faded.

He desperately tried to capture the scene before his eyes, but it disappeared like dust.

At the same time, he felt a dizzy feeling as if the ground was collapsing beneath him.

Leo is dead.

The memory of that day made him realize that fact with the intensity of a lightning strike.

The day it happened, Kalix spent the day doing nothing. He was in such shock that he couldn’t do anything.

When Kalix finally woke up, everything around him was a mess.

His eyes were wet, and his body was covered with bruises from this thrashing.

As the memory of that day came to mind, his heart began to beat violently. It was hard to breathe.

“Kalix!”

It was then.

Somehow a familiar voice caught his attention.

Slap, slap, slap!

The sudden sound of smacking brought him back to reality quickly.

Slap, slap, slap!

‘Hey, what is going on now?’

When he blinked a few times, he saw Leo looking at him with a pale face…

No, it was Lelia.

She was slapping his cheeks with both of her hands!

“Kalix! Kalix! Kalix! Kalix!”

“Why don’t you stop?”

Kalix clutched Lelia’s hands impatiently.

“Oh! Ahhh, I’m glad… Thank God…”

Lelia licked her lips and began to cry.

Only then did Kalix come to his senses and look around.

‘Oh, it must have been another seizure.’

‘Damn it…’

He felt ashamed at being caught like this.

Kalix clicked his tongue quietly and raised his upper body, which was dripping with sweat.

He nervously wiped off his sweaty forehead.

Then he noticed that his eyes were wet.

‘I can’t believe I cry when I have seizures.’

He wiped the corners of his eyes with reproachful thoughts.

“…….”

Kalix was about to get up with his eyes turned down, and finally found Lelia sitting next to him.

He was embarrassed.

“Hey, why are you crying?”

Lelia was incredibly sad about Kalix.

At Kalix’s words, she bit her lip and shrugged her shoulders. She tried to hold back her sobbing.

Some may mistake her for someone who lost her whole family during the war.

“Hey…”

Kalix patted Lelia on the shoulder with his big hand and she looked up at him in surprise.

Her tearful appearance was like a puppy scolded by its owner.

“……!”

Lelia realized too late what she must look like, and thought she must look weird.

She sprang to her feet, drove past Kalix, and out of the room at full speed.

“What…”

Kalix blinked in amazement.

It just felt weird.

‘What… I can’t believe she was crying so much. Do I look like I’m going to die’

‘No, I probably do look that terrible.’

‘I can’t cry that much.’

***

When Lelia returned to her room, she lay down on the bed and cried.

She was surprised by Kalix, partly because of the dreams that had haunted her for days. She was also responsible for the potential future she had trying to create all alone.

Once she burst into tears, all the tension she had built up broke down and she couldn’t stop it.

Above all, Kalix had looked sad and pitiful, she cried because she had sympathy for him.

Lelia lay motionless for a while longer, looking like a wooden doll.

She didn’t even see the message that had been floating before her eyes for a while.

✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ You saved someone in crisis! Acquired the title of ‘A Passing Healer’! 3,000 crystals will be awarded as a reward. (。•̀ᴗ-)✧

***

The Next Morning…

Lelia looked at her swollen eyes in the mirror and bowed her head in sorrow.

A small message window flickered in front of her.

Oh! (ಠoಠ)!!! What to do when your eyes swell like a crucian carp? I recommend Potion of the Pufferfish to relieve swelling!( ³⌓³)

“.…”

[Are you kidding me now…]

Lelia grunted inwardly, but did as Alchemy suggested and took the medicine from her inventory.

It seemed that ‘Help Mode’ was useful in its own way.

It’s like a ‘Beginner’s Guide’.

She was able to relieve some of Kalix pain, so she was sure that it was actually helpful.

Lelia barely calmed her swollen eyes, she took out some pills and went to Kalix’s room.

“….”

Kalix opened the door, and looked at Lelia with a curious expression.

She had a rather awkward face.

“This… this is the medicine I gave to you yesterday just in case you don’t know. I thought it might be helpful.”

“What medicine is it?”

“It’s a pain reliever and a sedative.”

“Uhh…”

At the end of those words, awkward silence descended.

Lelia was feeling shy and left the room without saying a word.

[Did Romeo return?]

She thought so, and it was time for her to snoop around Romeo’s room.

Thump thump

The sound of brisk footsteps could be heard approaching from down the hall.

Turning her head, it was Ruth with a very angry expression.

“Sir Ruth?”

Ruth approached like an angry bull and grabbed Lelia by the collar.

He looked very furious with his bloodshot eyes.

He was mortified by Lelia.

“Sir Ruth…! What now… Why…!”

That was when.

“Sir Ruth! Release him immediately!”

Someone else was walking this way from down the hall. Lelia glanced around, while grabbing her collar, and it was Cedric and Damian.

[What is this…?]

As the princes approached, Ruth put down his clenched hand as if he couldn’t help it.

He still squeezed his fists in anger and trembled as if he was going to punch Lelia’s face at any moment.

Lelia’s eyes began to darken with worry.

She cleared her throat and looked at the two princes.

“What…?”

Cedric and Damian came close to her, and looked her up and down with a look of disapproval.

Then they made a shocking statement.

“Why the hell does Julianna want this guy to be her fiancé?”

[Wait, what?]

Lelia was so startled that she couldn’t speak properly.

The following words made Lelia even more shocked.

“Come with me, Sir Raymond. His Majesty wants to meet with you.”

“… … !!”

***

Translator’s note: SERIOUSLY?! Was she ever in love with Ruth?!
Editor’s note: I’m not shocked. Ruth told her to act in a way that attracts women…

***

Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed what you have read, do consider tipping us a little through: https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow. Once we receive 6$, an advance chapter will be posted as a thank you. Don’t forget to mention the series that you’re supporting!

Chapter 1 - Part 2

Huge thanks to H for the kofi! (9/10)

My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me now has extra chapters up on kofi-shop!  Buy them now, only at https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow/shop ! Tier 1 with 3 advance chaps is for 5$, tier 2 with 7 advance chaps is for 12$, and tier 3 with 10 advance chapters is for 18$~

***

The bubble flashed red and made a great fuss as if there was a disaster happening nearby.

“What?!”

Crystals were just crystals, but someone nearby was in trouble.

Lelia saw a red exclamation mark floating in the dark.

Hey, but that’s…

“It’s Kalix’s room?!”

Lelia ran without hesitation, opened the door to Kalix’s room and rushed in.

Fortunately, the door was not locked.

***

There was no light in the room and it was pitch dark. Lelia followed the red exclamation mark and found Kalix on the ground.

He was covered in a cold sweat, but…

“His eyes…”

Kalix’s eyes were glistening strangely with the pupil completely gone. Gold, red, purple and silver swirled and shone with a mysterious light. Apart from the strange atmosphere, he blinked both of his eyes with a painful groan.

It seemed the after effect of the injury he received in the battle with the Dragon is seizures.

“Kalix… Kalix!”

Lelia didn’t know what to do. All she could do was sit near Kalix and watch his face.

Does she need to call someone? A wizard? A healer?

[What should I do? What should I do?]

Lelia was so scared and confused that she couldn’t think straight. Then something suddenly occurred to her.

She immediately opened the item window and found something and took it out. It was one of the game items; pain relievers and sedatives.

It is one of the basic alchemy medicines like physical strength recovery drugs, but it was more effective. It was safe because it was a medicine that is ingested directly.

Lelia opened the lid of the bottle with her trembling hands and spilled it into Kalix’s mouth.

“No…”

Kalix gagged on the medicine, and pressed his eyes tightly shut.

Lelia broke down in tears because she felt sorry for him.

She knew there would be after effects from the fight, but she didn’t expect her precious friend to suffer so much.

[Have you been in pain all alone in such an empty place?]

Kalix has always been strong since he was a child, and was always reluctant to show his weaknesses.

Lelia continued to weep pitifully for Kalix.

Then gradually Kalix’s pupils began to return to normal.

The illusions that haunted him faded away.

The nightmare in front of him was bodies piled on top of each other, so high that he had to climb over them. The sticky blood of the dragon pulling down his whole body, the stench that pierced his nose…

It all disappeared when a faint voice was heard.

“Kalix! Kalix… Kalix!”

‘Ah…’

Kalix marveled, and recognized who the owner of the voice was.

“Leo…”

It was Leo as a child.

The terrible illusion disappeared and a peaceful landscape emerged.

A vast landscape of clouds

Leo ran to Kalix, who was lying down comfortably and taking a nap.

“Hey, are you sleeping here alone?”

“What… How did you know I was still here?”

When Kalix responded angrily, Leo smirked and laughed meanly.

“You’re in my team.”

“Yes, yes, the Captain is great.”

“The way you call me Captain is getting a little cheeky.”

Leo then lay down next to Kalix and posed the same way, supporting the back of his head with both hands, and placing one leg over his other knee.

When Kalix was dumbfounded by Leo imitating him, Leo closed his eyes and said with a smile, “Let’s get some rest before the others come. There are no leeches on my team.”

“Isn’t the Captain robbing all my secret places? Stop finding them all, none of them are private anymore. This is all your fault.”

“What a shame! By the way, isn’t it surprising that you also know how to enjoy meditation?”

“Meditation? What’s that? I was just taking a nap.”

“I thought so. What’s a simple child like you doing?”

“Hey you, what did you just say?”

“Did you just call me ‘Hey you’? Call me Captain!”

The warm wind tickled his cheeks and there was a beautiful pink sunset in the sky.

The sound of Leo’s laughter was as clear as the sound of birdsong.

The image gradually faded.

He desperately tried to capture the scene before his eyes, but it disappeared like dust.

At the same time, he felt a dizzy feeling as if the ground was collapsing beneath him.

Leo is dead.

The memory of that day made him realize that fact with the intensity of a lightning strike.

The day it happened, Kalix spent the day doing nothing. He was in such shock that he couldn’t do anything.

When Kalix finally woke up, everything around him was a mess.

His eyes were wet, and his body was covered with bruises from this thrashing.

As the memory of that day came to mind, his heart began to beat violently. It was hard to breathe.

“Kalix!”

It was then.

Somehow a familiar voice caught his attention.

Slap, slap, slap!

The sudden sound of smacking brought him back to reality quickly.

Slap, slap, slap!

‘Hey, what is going on now?’

When he blinked a few times, he saw Leo looking at him with a pale face…

No, it was Lelia.

She was slapping his cheeks with both of her hands!

“Kalix! Kalix! Kalix! Kalix!”

“Why don’t you stop?”

Kalix clutched Lelia’s hands impatiently.

“Oh! Ahhh, I’m glad… Thank God…”

Lelia licked her lips and began to cry.

Only then did Kalix come to his senses and look around.

‘Oh, it must have been another seizure.’

‘Damn it…’

He felt ashamed at being caught like this.

Kalix clicked his tongue quietly and raised his upper body, which was dripping with sweat.

He nervously wiped off his sweaty forehead.

Then he noticed that his eyes were wet.

‘I can’t believe I cry when I have seizures.’

He wiped the corners of his eyes with reproachful thoughts.

“…….”

Kalix was about to get up with his eyes turned down, and finally found Lelia sitting next to him.

He was embarrassed.

“Hey, why are you crying?”

Lelia was incredibly sad about Kalix.

At Kalix’s words, she bit her lip and shrugged her shoulders. She tried to hold back her sobbing.

Some may mistake her for someone who lost her whole family during the war.

“Hey…”

Kalix patted Lelia on the shoulder with his big hand and she looked up at him in surprise.

Her tearful appearance was like a puppy scolded by its owner.

“……!”

Lelia realized too late what she must look like, and thought she must look weird.

She sprang to her feet, drove past Kalix, and out of the room at full speed.

“What…”

Kalix blinked in amazement.

It just felt weird.

‘What… I can’t believe she was crying so much. Do I look like I’m going to die’

‘No, I probably do look that terrible.’

‘I can’t cry that much.’

***

When Lelia returned to her room, she lay down on the bed and cried.

She was surprised by Kalix, partly because of the dreams that had haunted her for days. She was also responsible for the potential future she had trying to create all alone.

Once she burst into tears, all the tension she had built up broke down and she couldn’t stop it.

Above all, Kalix had looked sad and pitiful, she cried because she had sympathy for him.

Lelia lay motionless for a while longer, looking like a wooden doll.

She didn’t even see the message that had been floating before her eyes for a while.

✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ You saved someone in crisis! Acquired the title of ‘A Passing Healer’! 3,000 crystals will be awarded as a reward. (。•̀ᴗ-)✧

***

The Next Morning…

Lelia looked at her swollen eyes in the mirror and bowed her head in sorrow.

A small message window flickered in front of her.

Oh! (ಠoಠ)!!! What to do when your eyes swell like a crucian carp? I recommend Potion of the Pufferfish to relieve swelling!( ³⌓³)

“.…”

[Are you kidding me now…]

Lelia grunted inwardly, but did as Alchemy suggested and took the medicine from her inventory.

It seemed that ‘Help Mode’ was useful in its own way.

It’s like a ‘Beginner’s Guide’.

She was able to relieve some of Kalix pain, so she was sure that it was actually helpful.

Lelia barely calmed her swollen eyes, she took out some pills and went to Kalix’s room.

“….”

Kalix opened the door, and looked at Lelia with a curious expression.

She had a rather awkward face.

“This… this is the medicine I gave to you yesterday just in case you don’t know. I thought it might be helpful.”

“What medicine is it?”

“It’s a pain reliever and a sedative.”

“Uhh…”

At the end of those words, awkward silence descended.

Lelia was feeling shy and left the room without saying a word.

[Did Romeo return?]

She thought so, and it was time for her to snoop around Romeo’s room.

Thump thump

The sound of brisk footsteps could be heard approaching from down the hall.

Turning her head, it was Ruth with a very angry expression.

“Sir Ruth?”

Ruth approached like an angry bull and grabbed Lelia by the collar.

He looked very furious with his bloodshot eyes.

He was mortified by Lelia.

“Sir Ruth…! What now… Why…!”

That was when.

“Sir Ruth! Release him immediately!”

Someone else was walking this way from down the hall. Lelia glanced around, while grabbing her collar, and it was Cedric and Damian.

[What is this…?]

As the princes approached, Ruth put down his clenched hand as if he couldn’t help it.

He still squeezed his fists in anger and trembled as if he was going to punch Lelia’s face at any moment.

Lelia’s eyes began to darken with worry.

She cleared her throat and looked at the two princes.

“What…?”

Cedric and Damian came close to her, and looked her up and down with a look of disapproval.

Then they made a shocking statement.

“Why the hell does Julianna want this guy to be her fiancé?”

[Wait, what?]

Lelia was so startled that she couldn’t speak properly.

The following words made Lelia even more shocked.

“Come with me, Sir Raymond. His Majesty wants to meet with you.”

“… … !!”

***

Translator’s note: SERIOUSLY?! Was she ever in love with Ruth?!
Editor’s note: I’m not shocked. Ruth told her to act in a way that attracts women…

***

Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed what you have read, do consider tipping us a little through: https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow. Once we receive 6$, an advance chapter will be posted as a thank you. Don’t forget to mention the series that you’re supporting!

Chapter 2 - Part 1

Huge thanks to H for the kofi! (9/10)

My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me now has extra chapters up on kofi-shop!  Buy them now, only at https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow/shop ! Tier 1 with 3 advance chaps is for 5$, tier 2 with 7 advance chaps is for 12$, and tier 3 with 10 advance chapters is for 18$~

***

The bubble flashed red and made a great fuss as if there was a disaster happening nearby.

“What?!”

Crystals were just crystals, but someone nearby was in trouble.

Lelia saw a red exclamation mark floating in the dark.

Hey, but that’s…

“It’s Kalix’s room?!”

Lelia ran without hesitation, opened the door to Kalix’s room and rushed in.

Fortunately, the door was not locked.

***

There was no light in the room and it was pitch dark. Lelia followed the red exclamation mark and found Kalix on the ground.

He was covered in a cold sweat, but…

“His eyes…”

Kalix’s eyes were glistening strangely with the pupil completely gone. Gold, red, purple and silver swirled and shone with a mysterious light. Apart from the strange atmosphere, he blinked both of his eyes with a painful groan.

It seemed the after effect of the injury he received in the battle with the Dragon is seizures.

“Kalix… Kalix!”

Lelia didn’t know what to do. All she could do was sit near Kalix and watch his face.

Does she need to call someone? A wizard? A healer?

[What should I do? What should I do?]

Lelia was so scared and confused that she couldn’t think straight. Then something suddenly occurred to her.

She immediately opened the item window and found something and took it out. It was one of the game items; pain relievers and sedatives.

It is one of the basic alchemy medicines like physical strength recovery drugs, but it was more effective. It was safe because it was a medicine that is ingested directly.

Lelia opened the lid of the bottle with her trembling hands and spilled it into Kalix’s mouth.

“No…”

Kalix gagged on the medicine, and pressed his eyes tightly shut.

Lelia broke down in tears because she felt sorry for him.

She knew there would be after effects from the fight, but she didn’t expect her precious friend to suffer so much.

[Have you been in pain all alone in such an empty place?]

Kalix has always been strong since he was a child, and was always reluctant to show his weaknesses.

Lelia continued to weep pitifully for Kalix.

Then gradually Kalix’s pupils began to return to normal.

The illusions that haunted him faded away.

The nightmare in front of him was bodies piled on top of each other, so high that he had to climb over them. The sticky blood of the dragon pulling down his whole body, the stench that pierced his nose…

It all disappeared when a faint voice was heard.

“Kalix! Kalix… Kalix!”

‘Ah…’

Kalix marveled, and recognized who the owner of the voice was.

“Leo…”

It was Leo as a child.

The terrible illusion disappeared and a peaceful landscape emerged.

A vast landscape of clouds

Leo ran to Kalix, who was lying down comfortably and taking a nap.

“Hey, are you sleeping here alone?”

“What… How did you know I was still here?”

When Kalix responded angrily, Leo smirked and laughed meanly.

“You’re in my team.”

“Yes, yes, the Captain is great.”

“The way you call me Captain is getting a little cheeky.”

Leo then lay down next to Kalix and posed the same way, supporting the back of his head with both hands, and placing one leg over his other knee.

When Kalix was dumbfounded by Leo imitating him, Leo closed his eyes and said with a smile, “Let’s get some rest before the others come. There are no leeches on my team.”

“Isn’t the Captain robbing all my secret places? Stop finding them all, none of them are private anymore. This is all your fault.”

“What a shame! By the way, isn’t it surprising that you also know how to enjoy meditation?”

“Meditation? What’s that? I was just taking a nap.”

“I thought so. What’s a simple child like you doing?”

“Hey you, what did you just say?”

“Did you just call me ‘Hey you’? Call me Captain!”

The warm wind tickled his cheeks and there was a beautiful pink sunset in the sky.

The sound of Leo’s laughter was as clear as the sound of birdsong.

The image gradually faded.

He desperately tried to capture the scene before his eyes, but it disappeared like dust.

At the same time, he felt a dizzy feeling as if the ground was collapsing beneath him.

Leo is dead.

The memory of that day made him realize that fact with the intensity of a lightning strike.

The day it happened, Kalix spent the day doing nothing. He was in such shock that he couldn’t do anything.

When Kalix finally woke up, everything around him was a mess.

His eyes were wet, and his body was covered with bruises from this thrashing.

As the memory of that day came to mind, his heart began to beat violently. It was hard to breathe.

“Kalix!”

It was then.

Somehow a familiar voice caught his attention.

Slap, slap, slap!

The sudden sound of smacking brought him back to reality quickly.

Slap, slap, slap!

‘Hey, what is going on now?’

When he blinked a few times, he saw Leo looking at him with a pale face…

No, it was Lelia.

She was slapping his cheeks with both of her hands!

“Kalix! Kalix! Kalix! Kalix!”

“Why don’t you stop?”

Kalix clutched Lelia’s hands impatiently.

“Oh! Ahhh, I’m glad… Thank God…”

Lelia licked her lips and began to cry.

Only then did Kalix come to his senses and look around.

‘Oh, it must have been another seizure.’

‘Damn it…’

He felt ashamed at being caught like this.

Kalix clicked his tongue quietly and raised his upper body, which was dripping with sweat.

He nervously wiped off his sweaty forehead.

Then he noticed that his eyes were wet.

‘I can’t believe I cry when I have seizures.’

He wiped the corners of his eyes with reproachful thoughts.

“…….”

Kalix was about to get up with his eyes turned down, and finally found Lelia sitting next to him.

He was embarrassed.

“Hey, why are you crying?”

Lelia was incredibly sad about Kalix.

At Kalix’s words, she bit her lip and shrugged her shoulders. She tried to hold back her sobbing.

Some may mistake her for someone who lost her whole family during the war.

“Hey…”

Kalix patted Lelia on the shoulder with his big hand and she looked up at him in surprise.

Her tearful appearance was like a puppy scolded by its owner.

“……!”

Lelia realized too late what she must look like, and thought she must look weird.

She sprang to her feet, drove past Kalix, and out of the room at full speed.

“What…”

Kalix blinked in amazement.

It just felt weird.

‘What… I can’t believe she was crying so much. Do I look like I’m going to die’

‘No, I probably do look that terrible.’

‘I can’t cry that much.’

***

When Lelia returned to her room, she lay down on the bed and cried.

She was surprised by Kalix, partly because of the dreams that had haunted her for days. She was also responsible for the potential future she had trying to create all alone.

Once she burst into tears, all the tension she had built up broke down and she couldn’t stop it.

Above all, Kalix had looked sad and pitiful, she cried because she had sympathy for him.

Lelia lay motionless for a while longer, looking like a wooden doll.

She didn’t even see the message that had been floating before her eyes for a while.

✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ You saved someone in crisis! Acquired the title of ‘A Passing Healer’! 3,000 crystals will be awarded as a reward. (。•̀ᴗ-)✧

***

The Next Morning…

Lelia looked at her swollen eyes in the mirror and bowed her head in sorrow.

A small message window flickered in front of her.

Oh! (ಠoಠ)!!! What to do when your eyes swell like a crucian carp? I recommend Potion of the Pufferfish to relieve swelling!( ³⌓³)

“.…”

[Are you kidding me now…]

Lelia grunted inwardly, but did as Alchemy suggested and took the medicine from her inventory.

It seemed that ‘Help Mode’ was useful in its own way.

It’s like a ‘Beginner’s Guide’.

She was able to relieve some of Kalix pain, so she was sure that it was actually helpful.

Lelia barely calmed her swollen eyes, she took out some pills and went to Kalix’s room.

“….”

Kalix opened the door, and looked at Lelia with a curious expression.

She had a rather awkward face.

“This… this is the medicine I gave to you yesterday just in case you don’t know. I thought it might be helpful.”

“What medicine is it?”

“It’s a pain reliever and a sedative.”

“Uhh…”

At the end of those words, awkward silence descended.

Lelia was feeling shy and left the room without saying a word.

[Did Romeo return?]

She thought so, and it was time for her to snoop around Romeo’s room.

Thump thump

The sound of brisk footsteps could be heard approaching from down the hall.

Turning her head, it was Ruth with a very angry expression.

“Sir Ruth?”

Ruth approached like an angry bull and grabbed Lelia by the collar.

He looked very furious with his bloodshot eyes.

He was mortified by Lelia.

“Sir Ruth…! What now… Why…!”

That was when.

“Sir Ruth! Release him immediately!”

Someone else was walking this way from down the hall. Lelia glanced around, while grabbing her collar, and it was Cedric and Damian.

[What is this…?]

As the princes approached, Ruth put down his clenched hand as if he couldn’t help it.

He still squeezed his fists in anger and trembled as if he was going to punch Lelia’s face at any moment.

Lelia’s eyes began to darken with worry.

She cleared her throat and looked at the two princes.

“What…?”

Cedric and Damian came close to her, and looked her up and down with a look of disapproval.

Then they made a shocking statement.

“Why the hell does Julianna want this guy to be her fiancé?”

[Wait, what?]

Lelia was so startled that she couldn’t speak properly.

The following words made Lelia even more shocked.

“Come with me, Sir Raymond. His Majesty wants to meet with you.”

“… … !!”

***

Translator’s note: SERIOUSLY?! Was she ever in love with Ruth?!
Editor’s note: I’m not shocked. Ruth told her to act in a way that attracts women…

***

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Chapter 2 - Part 2

Huge thanks to H for the kofi! (9/10)

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***

The bubble flashed red and made a great fuss as if there was a disaster happening nearby.

“What?!”

Crystals were just crystals, but someone nearby was in trouble.

Lelia saw a red exclamation mark floating in the dark.

Hey, but that’s…

“It’s Kalix’s room?!”

Lelia ran without hesitation, opened the door to Kalix’s room and rushed in.

Fortunately, the door was not locked.

***

There was no light in the room and it was pitch dark. Lelia followed the red exclamation mark and found Kalix on the ground.

He was covered in a cold sweat, but…

“His eyes…”

Kalix’s eyes were glistening strangely with the pupil completely gone. Gold, red, purple and silver swirled and shone with a mysterious light. Apart from the strange atmosphere, he blinked both of his eyes with a painful groan.

It seemed the after effect of the injury he received in the battle with the Dragon is seizures.

“Kalix… Kalix!”

Lelia didn’t know what to do. All she could do was sit near Kalix and watch his face.

Does she need to call someone? A wizard? A healer?

[What should I do? What should I do?]

Lelia was so scared and confused that she couldn’t think straight. Then something suddenly occurred to her.

She immediately opened the item window and found something and took it out. It was one of the game items; pain relievers and sedatives.

It is one of the basic alchemy medicines like physical strength recovery drugs, but it was more effective. It was safe because it was a medicine that is ingested directly.

Lelia opened the lid of the bottle with her trembling hands and spilled it into Kalix’s mouth.

“No…”

Kalix gagged on the medicine, and pressed his eyes tightly shut.

Lelia broke down in tears because she felt sorry for him.

She knew there would be after effects from the fight, but she didn’t expect her precious friend to suffer so much.

[Have you been in pain all alone in such an empty place?]

Kalix has always been strong since he was a child, and was always reluctant to show his weaknesses.

Lelia continued to weep pitifully for Kalix.

Then gradually Kalix’s pupils began to return to normal.

The illusions that haunted him faded away.

The nightmare in front of him was bodies piled on top of each other, so high that he had to climb over them. The sticky blood of the dragon pulling down his whole body, the stench that pierced his nose…

It all disappeared when a faint voice was heard.

“Kalix! Kalix… Kalix!”

‘Ah…’

Kalix marveled, and recognized who the owner of the voice was.

“Leo…”

It was Leo as a child.

The terrible illusion disappeared and a peaceful landscape emerged.

A vast landscape of clouds

Leo ran to Kalix, who was lying down comfortably and taking a nap.

“Hey, are you sleeping here alone?”

“What… How did you know I was still here?”

When Kalix responded angrily, Leo smirked and laughed meanly.

“You’re in my team.”

“Yes, yes, the Captain is great.”

“The way you call me Captain is getting a little cheeky.”

Leo then lay down next to Kalix and posed the same way, supporting the back of his head with both hands, and placing one leg over his other knee.

When Kalix was dumbfounded by Leo imitating him, Leo closed his eyes and said with a smile, “Let’s get some rest before the others come. There are no leeches on my team.”

“Isn’t the Captain robbing all my secret places? Stop finding them all, none of them are private anymore. This is all your fault.”

“What a shame! By the way, isn’t it surprising that you also know how to enjoy meditation?”

“Meditation? What’s that? I was just taking a nap.”

“I thought so. What’s a simple child like you doing?”

“Hey you, what did you just say?”

“Did you just call me ‘Hey you’? Call me Captain!”

The warm wind tickled his cheeks and there was a beautiful pink sunset in the sky.

The sound of Leo’s laughter was as clear as the sound of birdsong.

The image gradually faded.

He desperately tried to capture the scene before his eyes, but it disappeared like dust.

At the same time, he felt a dizzy feeling as if the ground was collapsing beneath him.

Leo is dead.

The memory of that day made him realize that fact with the intensity of a lightning strike.

The day it happened, Kalix spent the day doing nothing. He was in such shock that he couldn’t do anything.

When Kalix finally woke up, everything around him was a mess.

His eyes were wet, and his body was covered with bruises from this thrashing.

As the memory of that day came to mind, his heart began to beat violently. It was hard to breathe.

“Kalix!”

It was then.

Somehow a familiar voice caught his attention.

Slap, slap, slap!

The sudden sound of smacking brought him back to reality quickly.

Slap, slap, slap!

‘Hey, what is going on now?’

When he blinked a few times, he saw Leo looking at him with a pale face…

No, it was Lelia.

She was slapping his cheeks with both of her hands!

“Kalix! Kalix! Kalix! Kalix!”

“Why don’t you stop?”

Kalix clutched Lelia’s hands impatiently.

“Oh! Ahhh, I’m glad… Thank God…”

Lelia licked her lips and began to cry.

Only then did Kalix come to his senses and look around.

‘Oh, it must have been another seizure.’

‘Damn it…’

He felt ashamed at being caught like this.

Kalix clicked his tongue quietly and raised his upper body, which was dripping with sweat.

He nervously wiped off his sweaty forehead.

Then he noticed that his eyes were wet.

‘I can’t believe I cry when I have seizures.’

He wiped the corners of his eyes with reproachful thoughts.

“…….”

Kalix was about to get up with his eyes turned down, and finally found Lelia sitting next to him.

He was embarrassed.

“Hey, why are you crying?”

Lelia was incredibly sad about Kalix.

At Kalix’s words, she bit her lip and shrugged her shoulders. She tried to hold back her sobbing.

Some may mistake her for someone who lost her whole family during the war.

“Hey…”

Kalix patted Lelia on the shoulder with his big hand and she looked up at him in surprise.

Her tearful appearance was like a puppy scolded by its owner.

“……!”

Lelia realized too late what she must look like, and thought she must look weird.

She sprang to her feet, drove past Kalix, and out of the room at full speed.

“What…”

Kalix blinked in amazement.

It just felt weird.

‘What… I can’t believe she was crying so much. Do I look like I’m going to die’

‘No, I probably do look that terrible.’

‘I can’t cry that much.’

***

When Lelia returned to her room, she lay down on the bed and cried.

She was surprised by Kalix, partly because of the dreams that had haunted her for days. She was also responsible for the potential future she had trying to create all alone.

Once she burst into tears, all the tension she had built up broke down and she couldn’t stop it.

Above all, Kalix had looked sad and pitiful, she cried because she had sympathy for him.

Lelia lay motionless for a while longer, looking like a wooden doll.

She didn’t even see the message that had been floating before her eyes for a while.

✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ You saved someone in crisis! Acquired the title of ‘A Passing Healer’! 3,000 crystals will be awarded as a reward. (。•̀ᴗ-)✧

***

The Next Morning…

Lelia looked at her swollen eyes in the mirror and bowed her head in sorrow.

A small message window flickered in front of her.

Oh! (ಠoಠ)!!! What to do when your eyes swell like a crucian carp? I recommend Potion of the Pufferfish to relieve swelling!( ³⌓³)

“.…”

[Are you kidding me now…]

Lelia grunted inwardly, but did as Alchemy suggested and took the medicine from her inventory.

It seemed that ‘Help Mode’ was useful in its own way.

It’s like a ‘Beginner’s Guide’.

She was able to relieve some of Kalix pain, so she was sure that it was actually helpful.

Lelia barely calmed her swollen eyes, she took out some pills and went to Kalix’s room.

“….”

Kalix opened the door, and looked at Lelia with a curious expression.

She had a rather awkward face.

“This… this is the medicine I gave to you yesterday just in case you don’t know. I thought it might be helpful.”

“What medicine is it?”

“It’s a pain reliever and a sedative.”

“Uhh…”

At the end of those words, awkward silence descended.

Lelia was feeling shy and left the room without saying a word.

[Did Romeo return?]

She thought so, and it was time for her to snoop around Romeo’s room.

Thump thump

The sound of brisk footsteps could be heard approaching from down the hall.

Turning her head, it was Ruth with a very angry expression.

“Sir Ruth?”

Ruth approached like an angry bull and grabbed Lelia by the collar.

He looked very furious with his bloodshot eyes.

He was mortified by Lelia.

“Sir Ruth…! What now… Why…!”

That was when.

“Sir Ruth! Release him immediately!”

Someone else was walking this way from down the hall. Lelia glanced around, while grabbing her collar, and it was Cedric and Damian.

[What is this…?]

As the princes approached, Ruth put down his clenched hand as if he couldn’t help it.

He still squeezed his fists in anger and trembled as if he was going to punch Lelia’s face at any moment.

Lelia’s eyes began to darken with worry.

She cleared her throat and looked at the two princes.

“What…?”

Cedric and Damian came close to her, and looked her up and down with a look of disapproval.

Then they made a shocking statement.

“Why the hell does Julianna want this guy to be her fiancé?”

[Wait, what?]

Lelia was so startled that she couldn’t speak properly.

The following words made Lelia even more shocked.

“Come with me, Sir Raymond. His Majesty wants to meet with you.”

“… … !!”

***

Translator’s note: SERIOUSLY?! Was she ever in love with Ruth?!
Editor’s note: I’m not shocked. Ruth told her to act in a way that attracts women…

***

Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed what you have read, do consider tipping us a little through: https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow. Once we receive 6$, an advance chapter will be posted as a thank you. Don’t forget to mention the series that you’re supporting!

Chapter 3

Huge thanks to H for the kofi! (9/10)

My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me now has extra chapters up on kofi-shop!  Buy them now, only at https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow/shop ! Tier 1 with 3 advance chaps is for 5$, tier 2 with 7 advance chaps is for 12$, and tier 3 with 10 advance chapters is for 18$~

***

The bubble flashed red and made a great fuss as if there was a disaster happening nearby.

“What?!”

Crystals were just crystals, but someone nearby was in trouble.

Lelia saw a red exclamation mark floating in the dark.

Hey, but that’s…

“It’s Kalix’s room?!”

Lelia ran without hesitation, opened the door to Kalix’s room and rushed in.

Fortunately, the door was not locked.

***

There was no light in the room and it was pitch dark. Lelia followed the red exclamation mark and found Kalix on the ground.

He was covered in a cold sweat, but…

“His eyes…”

Kalix’s eyes were glistening strangely with the pupil completely gone. Gold, red, purple and silver swirled and shone with a mysterious light. Apart from the strange atmosphere, he blinked both of his eyes with a painful groan.

It seemed the after effect of the injury he received in the battle with the Dragon is seizures.

“Kalix… Kalix!”

Lelia didn’t know what to do. All she could do was sit near Kalix and watch his face.

Does she need to call someone? A wizard? A healer?

[What should I do? What should I do?]

Lelia was so scared and confused that she couldn’t think straight. Then something suddenly occurred to her.

She immediately opened the item window and found something and took it out. It was one of the game items; pain relievers and sedatives.

It is one of the basic alchemy medicines like physical strength recovery drugs, but it was more effective. It was safe because it was a medicine that is ingested directly.

Lelia opened the lid of the bottle with her trembling hands and spilled it into Kalix’s mouth.

“No…”

Kalix gagged on the medicine, and pressed his eyes tightly shut.

Lelia broke down in tears because she felt sorry for him.

She knew there would be after effects from the fight, but she didn’t expect her precious friend to suffer so much.

[Have you been in pain all alone in such an empty place?]

Kalix has always been strong since he was a child, and was always reluctant to show his weaknesses.

Lelia continued to weep pitifully for Kalix.

Then gradually Kalix’s pupils began to return to normal.

The illusions that haunted him faded away.

The nightmare in front of him was bodies piled on top of each other, so high that he had to climb over them. The sticky blood of the dragon pulling down his whole body, the stench that pierced his nose…

It all disappeared when a faint voice was heard.

“Kalix! Kalix… Kalix!”

‘Ah…’

Kalix marveled, and recognized who the owner of the voice was.

“Leo…”

It was Leo as a child.

The terrible illusion disappeared and a peaceful landscape emerged.

A vast landscape of clouds

Leo ran to Kalix, who was lying down comfortably and taking a nap.

“Hey, are you sleeping here alone?”

“What… How did you know I was still here?”

When Kalix responded angrily, Leo smirked and laughed meanly.

“You’re in my team.”

“Yes, yes, the Captain is great.”

“The way you call me Captain is getting a little cheeky.”

Leo then lay down next to Kalix and posed the same way, supporting the back of his head with both hands, and placing one leg over his other knee.

When Kalix was dumbfounded by Leo imitating him, Leo closed his eyes and said with a smile, “Let’s get some rest before the others come. There are no leeches on my team.”

“Isn’t the Captain robbing all my secret places? Stop finding them all, none of them are private anymore. This is all your fault.”

“What a shame! By the way, isn’t it surprising that you also know how to enjoy meditation?”

“Meditation? What’s that? I was just taking a nap.”

“I thought so. What’s a simple child like you doing?”

“Hey you, what did you just say?”

“Did you just call me ‘Hey you’? Call me Captain!”

The warm wind tickled his cheeks and there was a beautiful pink sunset in the sky.

The sound of Leo’s laughter was as clear as the sound of birdsong.

The image gradually faded.

He desperately tried to capture the scene before his eyes, but it disappeared like dust.

At the same time, he felt a dizzy feeling as if the ground was collapsing beneath him.

Leo is dead.

The memory of that day made him realize that fact with the intensity of a lightning strike.

The day it happened, Kalix spent the day doing nothing. He was in such shock that he couldn’t do anything.

When Kalix finally woke up, everything around him was a mess.

His eyes were wet, and his body was covered with bruises from this thrashing.

As the memory of that day came to mind, his heart began to beat violently. It was hard to breathe.

“Kalix!”

It was then.

Somehow a familiar voice caught his attention.

Slap, slap, slap!

The sudden sound of smacking brought him back to reality quickly.

Slap, slap, slap!

‘Hey, what is going on now?’

When he blinked a few times, he saw Leo looking at him with a pale face…

No, it was Lelia.

She was slapping his cheeks with both of her hands!

“Kalix! Kalix! Kalix! Kalix!”

“Why don’t you stop?”

Kalix clutched Lelia’s hands impatiently.

“Oh! Ahhh, I’m glad… Thank God…”

Lelia licked her lips and began to cry.

Only then did Kalix come to his senses and look around.

‘Oh, it must have been another seizure.’

‘Damn it…’

He felt ashamed at being caught like this.

Kalix clicked his tongue quietly and raised his upper body, which was dripping with sweat.

He nervously wiped off his sweaty forehead.

Then he noticed that his eyes were wet.

‘I can’t believe I cry when I have seizures.’

He wiped the corners of his eyes with reproachful thoughts.

“…….”

Kalix was about to get up with his eyes turned down, and finally found Lelia sitting next to him.

He was embarrassed.

“Hey, why are you crying?”

Lelia was incredibly sad about Kalix.

At Kalix’s words, she bit her lip and shrugged her shoulders. She tried to hold back her sobbing.

Some may mistake her for someone who lost her whole family during the war.

“Hey…”

Kalix patted Lelia on the shoulder with his big hand and she looked up at him in surprise.

Her tearful appearance was like a puppy scolded by its owner.

“……!”

Lelia realized too late what she must look like, and thought she must look weird.

She sprang to her feet, drove past Kalix, and out of the room at full speed.

“What…”

Kalix blinked in amazement.

It just felt weird.

‘What… I can’t believe she was crying so much. Do I look like I’m going to die’

‘No, I probably do look that terrible.’

‘I can’t cry that much.’

***

When Lelia returned to her room, she lay down on the bed and cried.

She was surprised by Kalix, partly because of the dreams that had haunted her for days. She was also responsible for the potential future she had trying to create all alone.

Once she burst into tears, all the tension she had built up broke down and she couldn’t stop it.

Above all, Kalix had looked sad and pitiful, she cried because she had sympathy for him.

Lelia lay motionless for a while longer, looking like a wooden doll.

She didn’t even see the message that had been floating before her eyes for a while.

✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ You saved someone in crisis! Acquired the title of ‘A Passing Healer’! 3,000 crystals will be awarded as a reward. (。•̀ᴗ-)✧

***

The Next Morning…

Lelia looked at her swollen eyes in the mirror and bowed her head in sorrow.

A small message window flickered in front of her.

Oh! (ಠoಠ)!!! What to do when your eyes swell like a crucian carp? I recommend Potion of the Pufferfish to relieve swelling!( ³⌓³)

“.…”

[Are you kidding me now…]

Lelia grunted inwardly, but did as Alchemy suggested and took the medicine from her inventory.

It seemed that ‘Help Mode’ was useful in its own way.

It’s like a ‘Beginner’s Guide’.

She was able to relieve some of Kalix pain, so she was sure that it was actually helpful.

Lelia barely calmed her swollen eyes, she took out some pills and went to Kalix’s room.

“….”

Kalix opened the door, and looked at Lelia with a curious expression.

She had a rather awkward face.

“This… this is the medicine I gave to you yesterday just in case you don’t know. I thought it might be helpful.”

“What medicine is it?”

“It’s a pain reliever and a sedative.”

“Uhh…”

At the end of those words, awkward silence descended.

Lelia was feeling shy and left the room without saying a word.

[Did Romeo return?]

She thought so, and it was time for her to snoop around Romeo’s room.

Thump thump

The sound of brisk footsteps could be heard approaching from down the hall.

Turning her head, it was Ruth with a very angry expression.

“Sir Ruth?”

Ruth approached like an angry bull and grabbed Lelia by the collar.

He looked very furious with his bloodshot eyes.

He was mortified by Lelia.

“Sir Ruth…! What now… Why…!”

That was when.

“Sir Ruth! Release him immediately!”

Someone else was walking this way from down the hall. Lelia glanced around, while grabbing her collar, and it was Cedric and Damian.

[What is this…?]

As the princes approached, Ruth put down his clenched hand as if he couldn’t help it.

He still squeezed his fists in anger and trembled as if he was going to punch Lelia’s face at any moment.

Lelia’s eyes began to darken with worry.

She cleared her throat and looked at the two princes.

“What…?”

Cedric and Damian came close to her, and looked her up and down with a look of disapproval.

Then they made a shocking statement.

“Why the hell does Julianna want this guy to be her fiancé?”

[Wait, what?]

Lelia was so startled that she couldn’t speak properly.

The following words made Lelia even more shocked.

“Come with me, Sir Raymond. His Majesty wants to meet with you.”

“… … !!”

***

Translator’s note: SERIOUSLY?! Was she ever in love with Ruth?!
Editor’s note: I’m not shocked. Ruth told her to act in a way that attracts women…

***

Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed what you have read, do consider tipping us a little through: https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow. Once we receive 6$, an advance chapter will be posted as a thank you. Don’t forget to mention the series that you’re supporting!

Chapter 4

Huge thanks to H for the kofi! (9/10)

My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me now has extra chapters up on kofi-shop!  Buy them now, only at https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow/shop ! Tier 1 with 3 advance chaps is for 5$, tier 2 with 7 advance chaps is for 12$, and tier 3 with 10 advance chapters is for 18$~

***

The bubble flashed red and made a great fuss as if there was a disaster happening nearby.

“What?!”

Crystals were just crystals, but someone nearby was in trouble.

Lelia saw a red exclamation mark floating in the dark.

Hey, but that’s…

“It’s Kalix’s room?!”

Lelia ran without hesitation, opened the door to Kalix’s room and rushed in.

Fortunately, the door was not locked.

***

There was no light in the room and it was pitch dark. Lelia followed the red exclamation mark and found Kalix on the ground.

He was covered in a cold sweat, but…

“His eyes…”

Kalix’s eyes were glistening strangely with the pupil completely gone. Gold, red, purple and silver swirled and shone with a mysterious light. Apart from the strange atmosphere, he blinked both of his eyes with a painful groan.

It seemed the after effect of the injury he received in the battle with the Dragon is seizures.

“Kalix… Kalix!”

Lelia didn’t know what to do. All she could do was sit near Kalix and watch his face.

Does she need to call someone? A wizard? A healer?

[What should I do? What should I do?]

Lelia was so scared and confused that she couldn’t think straight. Then something suddenly occurred to her.

She immediately opened the item window and found something and took it out. It was one of the game items; pain relievers and sedatives.

It is one of the basic alchemy medicines like physical strength recovery drugs, but it was more effective. It was safe because it was a medicine that is ingested directly.

Lelia opened the lid of the bottle with her trembling hands and spilled it into Kalix’s mouth.

“No…”

Kalix gagged on the medicine, and pressed his eyes tightly shut.

Lelia broke down in tears because she felt sorry for him.

She knew there would be after effects from the fight, but she didn’t expect her precious friend to suffer so much.

[Have you been in pain all alone in such an empty place?]

Kalix has always been strong since he was a child, and was always reluctant to show his weaknesses.

Lelia continued to weep pitifully for Kalix.

Then gradually Kalix’s pupils began to return to normal.

The illusions that haunted him faded away.

The nightmare in front of him was bodies piled on top of each other, so high that he had to climb over them. The sticky blood of the dragon pulling down his whole body, the stench that pierced his nose…

It all disappeared when a faint voice was heard.

“Kalix! Kalix… Kalix!”

‘Ah…’

Kalix marveled, and recognized who the owner of the voice was.

“Leo…”

It was Leo as a child.

The terrible illusion disappeared and a peaceful landscape emerged.

A vast landscape of clouds

Leo ran to Kalix, who was lying down comfortably and taking a nap.

“Hey, are you sleeping here alone?”

“What… How did you know I was still here?”

When Kalix responded angrily, Leo smirked and laughed meanly.

“You’re in my team.”

“Yes, yes, the Captain is great.”

“The way you call me Captain is getting a little cheeky.”

Leo then lay down next to Kalix and posed the same way, supporting the back of his head with both hands, and placing one leg over his other knee.

When Kalix was dumbfounded by Leo imitating him, Leo closed his eyes and said with a smile, “Let’s get some rest before the others come. There are no leeches on my team.”

“Isn’t the Captain robbing all my secret places? Stop finding them all, none of them are private anymore. This is all your fault.”

“What a shame! By the way, isn’t it surprising that you also know how to enjoy meditation?”

“Meditation? What’s that? I was just taking a nap.”

“I thought so. What’s a simple child like you doing?”

“Hey you, what did you just say?”

“Did you just call me ‘Hey you’? Call me Captain!”

The warm wind tickled his cheeks and there was a beautiful pink sunset in the sky.

The sound of Leo’s laughter was as clear as the sound of birdsong.

The image gradually faded.

He desperately tried to capture the scene before his eyes, but it disappeared like dust.

At the same time, he felt a dizzy feeling as if the ground was collapsing beneath him.

Leo is dead.

The memory of that day made him realize that fact with the intensity of a lightning strike.

The day it happened, Kalix spent the day doing nothing. He was in such shock that he couldn’t do anything.

When Kalix finally woke up, everything around him was a mess.

His eyes were wet, and his body was covered with bruises from this thrashing.

As the memory of that day came to mind, his heart began to beat violently. It was hard to breathe.

“Kalix!”

It was then.

Somehow a familiar voice caught his attention.

Slap, slap, slap!

The sudden sound of smacking brought him back to reality quickly.

Slap, slap, slap!

‘Hey, what is going on now?’

When he blinked a few times, he saw Leo looking at him with a pale face…

No, it was Lelia.

She was slapping his cheeks with both of her hands!

“Kalix! Kalix! Kalix! Kalix!”

“Why don’t you stop?”

Kalix clutched Lelia’s hands impatiently.

“Oh! Ahhh, I’m glad… Thank God…”

Lelia licked her lips and began to cry.

Only then did Kalix come to his senses and look around.

‘Oh, it must have been another seizure.’

‘Damn it…’

He felt ashamed at being caught like this.

Kalix clicked his tongue quietly and raised his upper body, which was dripping with sweat.

He nervously wiped off his sweaty forehead.

Then he noticed that his eyes were wet.

‘I can’t believe I cry when I have seizures.’

He wiped the corners of his eyes with reproachful thoughts.

“…….”

Kalix was about to get up with his eyes turned down, and finally found Lelia sitting next to him.

He was embarrassed.

“Hey, why are you crying?”

Lelia was incredibly sad about Kalix.

At Kalix’s words, she bit her lip and shrugged her shoulders. She tried to hold back her sobbing.

Some may mistake her for someone who lost her whole family during the war.

“Hey…”

Kalix patted Lelia on the shoulder with his big hand and she looked up at him in surprise.

Her tearful appearance was like a puppy scolded by its owner.

“……!”

Lelia realized too late what she must look like, and thought she must look weird.

She sprang to her feet, drove past Kalix, and out of the room at full speed.

“What…”

Kalix blinked in amazement.

It just felt weird.

‘What… I can’t believe she was crying so much. Do I look like I’m going to die’

‘No, I probably do look that terrible.’

‘I can’t cry that much.’

***

When Lelia returned to her room, she lay down on the bed and cried.

She was surprised by Kalix, partly because of the dreams that had haunted her for days. She was also responsible for the potential future she had trying to create all alone.

Once she burst into tears, all the tension she had built up broke down and she couldn’t stop it.

Above all, Kalix had looked sad and pitiful, she cried because she had sympathy for him.

Lelia lay motionless for a while longer, looking like a wooden doll.

She didn’t even see the message that had been floating before her eyes for a while.

✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ You saved someone in crisis! Acquired the title of ‘A Passing Healer’! 3,000 crystals will be awarded as a reward. (。•̀ᴗ-)✧

***

The Next Morning…

Lelia looked at her swollen eyes in the mirror and bowed her head in sorrow.

A small message window flickered in front of her.

Oh! (ಠoಠ)!!! What to do when your eyes swell like a crucian carp? I recommend Potion of the Pufferfish to relieve swelling!( ³⌓³)

“.…”

[Are you kidding me now…]

Lelia grunted inwardly, but did as Alchemy suggested and took the medicine from her inventory.

It seemed that ‘Help Mode’ was useful in its own way.

It’s like a ‘Beginner’s Guide’.

She was able to relieve some of Kalix pain, so she was sure that it was actually helpful.

Lelia barely calmed her swollen eyes, she took out some pills and went to Kalix’s room.

“….”

Kalix opened the door, and looked at Lelia with a curious expression.

She had a rather awkward face.

“This… this is the medicine I gave to you yesterday just in case you don’t know. I thought it might be helpful.”

“What medicine is it?”

“It’s a pain reliever and a sedative.”

“Uhh…”

At the end of those words, awkward silence descended.

Lelia was feeling shy and left the room without saying a word.

[Did Romeo return?]

She thought so, and it was time for her to snoop around Romeo’s room.

Thump thump

The sound of brisk footsteps could be heard approaching from down the hall.

Turning her head, it was Ruth with a very angry expression.

“Sir Ruth?”

Ruth approached like an angry bull and grabbed Lelia by the collar.

He looked very furious with his bloodshot eyes.

He was mortified by Lelia.

“Sir Ruth…! What now… Why…!”

That was when.

“Sir Ruth! Release him immediately!”

Someone else was walking this way from down the hall. Lelia glanced around, while grabbing her collar, and it was Cedric and Damian.

[What is this…?]

As the princes approached, Ruth put down his clenched hand as if he couldn’t help it.

He still squeezed his fists in anger and trembled as if he was going to punch Lelia’s face at any moment.

Lelia’s eyes began to darken with worry.

She cleared her throat and looked at the two princes.

“What…?”

Cedric and Damian came close to her, and looked her up and down with a look of disapproval.

Then they made a shocking statement.

“Why the hell does Julianna want this guy to be her fiancé?”

[Wait, what?]

Lelia was so startled that she couldn’t speak properly.

The following words made Lelia even more shocked.

“Come with me, Sir Raymond. His Majesty wants to meet with you.”

“… … !!”

***

Translator’s note: SERIOUSLY?! Was she ever in love with Ruth?!
Editor’s note: I’m not shocked. Ruth told her to act in a way that attracts women…

***

Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed what you have read, do consider tipping us a little through: https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow. Once we receive 6$, an advance chapter will be posted as a thank you. Don’t forget to mention the series that you’re supporting!

Chapter 5

Huge thanks to H for the kofi! (9/10)

My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me now has extra chapters up on kofi-shop!  Buy them now, only at https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow/shop ! Tier 1 with 3 advance chaps is for 5$, tier 2 with 7 advance chaps is for 12$, and tier 3 with 10 advance chapters is for 18$~

***

The bubble flashed red and made a great fuss as if there was a disaster happening nearby.

“What?!”

Crystals were just crystals, but someone nearby was in trouble.

Lelia saw a red exclamation mark floating in the dark.

Hey, but that’s…

“It’s Kalix’s room?!”

Lelia ran without hesitation, opened the door to Kalix’s room and rushed in.

Fortunately, the door was not locked.

***

There was no light in the room and it was pitch dark. Lelia followed the red exclamation mark and found Kalix on the ground.

He was covered in a cold sweat, but…

“His eyes…”

Kalix’s eyes were glistening strangely with the pupil completely gone. Gold, red, purple and silver swirled and shone with a mysterious light. Apart from the strange atmosphere, he blinked both of his eyes with a painful groan.

It seemed the after effect of the injury he received in the battle with the Dragon is seizures.

“Kalix… Kalix!”

Lelia didn’t know what to do. All she could do was sit near Kalix and watch his face.

Does she need to call someone? A wizard? A healer?

[What should I do? What should I do?]

Lelia was so scared and confused that she couldn’t think straight. Then something suddenly occurred to her.

She immediately opened the item window and found something and took it out. It was one of the game items; pain relievers and sedatives.

It is one of the basic alchemy medicines like physical strength recovery drugs, but it was more effective. It was safe because it was a medicine that is ingested directly.

Lelia opened the lid of the bottle with her trembling hands and spilled it into Kalix’s mouth.

“No…”

Kalix gagged on the medicine, and pressed his eyes tightly shut.

Lelia broke down in tears because she felt sorry for him.

She knew there would be after effects from the fight, but she didn’t expect her precious friend to suffer so much.

[Have you been in pain all alone in such an empty place?]

Kalix has always been strong since he was a child, and was always reluctant to show his weaknesses.

Lelia continued to weep pitifully for Kalix.

Then gradually Kalix’s pupils began to return to normal.

The illusions that haunted him faded away.

The nightmare in front of him was bodies piled on top of each other, so high that he had to climb over them. The sticky blood of the dragon pulling down his whole body, the stench that pierced his nose…

It all disappeared when a faint voice was heard.

“Kalix! Kalix… Kalix!”

‘Ah…’

Kalix marveled, and recognized who the owner of the voice was.

“Leo…”

It was Leo as a child.

The terrible illusion disappeared and a peaceful landscape emerged.

A vast landscape of clouds

Leo ran to Kalix, who was lying down comfortably and taking a nap.

“Hey, are you sleeping here alone?”

“What… How did you know I was still here?”

When Kalix responded angrily, Leo smirked and laughed meanly.

“You’re in my team.”

“Yes, yes, the Captain is great.”

“The way you call me Captain is getting a little cheeky.”

Leo then lay down next to Kalix and posed the same way, supporting the back of his head with both hands, and placing one leg over his other knee.

When Kalix was dumbfounded by Leo imitating him, Leo closed his eyes and said with a smile, “Let’s get some rest before the others come. There are no leeches on my team.”

“Isn’t the Captain robbing all my secret places? Stop finding them all, none of them are private anymore. This is all your fault.”

“What a shame! By the way, isn’t it surprising that you also know how to enjoy meditation?”

“Meditation? What’s that? I was just taking a nap.”

“I thought so. What’s a simple child like you doing?”

“Hey you, what did you just say?”

“Did you just call me ‘Hey you’? Call me Captain!”

The warm wind tickled his cheeks and there was a beautiful pink sunset in the sky.

The sound of Leo’s laughter was as clear as the sound of birdsong.

The image gradually faded.

He desperately tried to capture the scene before his eyes, but it disappeared like dust.

At the same time, he felt a dizzy feeling as if the ground was collapsing beneath him.

Leo is dead.

The memory of that day made him realize that fact with the intensity of a lightning strike.

The day it happened, Kalix spent the day doing nothing. He was in such shock that he couldn’t do anything.

When Kalix finally woke up, everything around him was a mess.

His eyes were wet, and his body was covered with bruises from this thrashing.

As the memory of that day came to mind, his heart began to beat violently. It was hard to breathe.

“Kalix!”

It was then.

Somehow a familiar voice caught his attention.

Slap, slap, slap!

The sudden sound of smacking brought him back to reality quickly.

Slap, slap, slap!

‘Hey, what is going on now?’

When he blinked a few times, he saw Leo looking at him with a pale face…

No, it was Lelia.

She was slapping his cheeks with both of her hands!

“Kalix! Kalix! Kalix! Kalix!”

“Why don’t you stop?”

Kalix clutched Lelia’s hands impatiently.

“Oh! Ahhh, I’m glad… Thank God…”

Lelia licked her lips and began to cry.

Only then did Kalix come to his senses and look around.

‘Oh, it must have been another seizure.’

‘Damn it…’

He felt ashamed at being caught like this.

Kalix clicked his tongue quietly and raised his upper body, which was dripping with sweat.

He nervously wiped off his sweaty forehead.

Then he noticed that his eyes were wet.

‘I can’t believe I cry when I have seizures.’

He wiped the corners of his eyes with reproachful thoughts.

“…….”

Kalix was about to get up with his eyes turned down, and finally found Lelia sitting next to him.

He was embarrassed.

“Hey, why are you crying?”

Lelia was incredibly sad about Kalix.

At Kalix’s words, she bit her lip and shrugged her shoulders. She tried to hold back her sobbing.

Some may mistake her for someone who lost her whole family during the war.

“Hey…”

Kalix patted Lelia on the shoulder with his big hand and she looked up at him in surprise.

Her tearful appearance was like a puppy scolded by its owner.

“……!”

Lelia realized too late what she must look like, and thought she must look weird.

She sprang to her feet, drove past Kalix, and out of the room at full speed.

“What…”

Kalix blinked in amazement.

It just felt weird.

‘What… I can’t believe she was crying so much. Do I look like I’m going to die’

‘No, I probably do look that terrible.’

‘I can’t cry that much.’

***

When Lelia returned to her room, she lay down on the bed and cried.

She was surprised by Kalix, partly because of the dreams that had haunted her for days. She was also responsible for the potential future she had trying to create all alone.

Once she burst into tears, all the tension she had built up broke down and she couldn’t stop it.

Above all, Kalix had looked sad and pitiful, she cried because she had sympathy for him.

Lelia lay motionless for a while longer, looking like a wooden doll.

She didn’t even see the message that had been floating before her eyes for a while.

✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ You saved someone in crisis! Acquired the title of ‘A Passing Healer’! 3,000 crystals will be awarded as a reward. (。•̀ᴗ-)✧

***

The Next Morning…

Lelia looked at her swollen eyes in the mirror and bowed her head in sorrow.

A small message window flickered in front of her.

Oh! (ಠoಠ)!!! What to do when your eyes swell like a crucian carp? I recommend Potion of the Pufferfish to relieve swelling!( ³⌓³)

“.…”

[Are you kidding me now…]

Lelia grunted inwardly, but did as Alchemy suggested and took the medicine from her inventory.

It seemed that ‘Help Mode’ was useful in its own way.

It’s like a ‘Beginner’s Guide’.

She was able to relieve some of Kalix pain, so she was sure that it was actually helpful.

Lelia barely calmed her swollen eyes, she took out some pills and went to Kalix’s room.

“….”

Kalix opened the door, and looked at Lelia with a curious expression.

She had a rather awkward face.

“This… this is the medicine I gave to you yesterday just in case you don’t know. I thought it might be helpful.”

“What medicine is it?”

“It’s a pain reliever and a sedative.”

“Uhh…”

At the end of those words, awkward silence descended.

Lelia was feeling shy and left the room without saying a word.

[Did Romeo return?]

She thought so, and it was time for her to snoop around Romeo’s room.

Thump thump

The sound of brisk footsteps could be heard approaching from down the hall.

Turning her head, it was Ruth with a very angry expression.

“Sir Ruth?”

Ruth approached like an angry bull and grabbed Lelia by the collar.

He looked very furious with his bloodshot eyes.

He was mortified by Lelia.

“Sir Ruth…! What now… Why…!”

That was when.

“Sir Ruth! Release him immediately!”

Someone else was walking this way from down the hall. Lelia glanced around, while grabbing her collar, and it was Cedric and Damian.

[What is this…?]

As the princes approached, Ruth put down his clenched hand as if he couldn’t help it.

He still squeezed his fists in anger and trembled as if he was going to punch Lelia’s face at any moment.

Lelia’s eyes began to darken with worry.

She cleared her throat and looked at the two princes.

“What…?”

Cedric and Damian came close to her, and looked her up and down with a look of disapproval.

Then they made a shocking statement.

“Why the hell does Julianna want this guy to be her fiancé?”

[Wait, what?]

Lelia was so startled that she couldn’t speak properly.

The following words made Lelia even more shocked.

“Come with me, Sir Raymond. His Majesty wants to meet with you.”

“… … !!”

***

Translator’s note: SERIOUSLY?! Was she ever in love with Ruth?!
Editor’s note: I’m not shocked. Ruth told her to act in a way that attracts women…

***

Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed what you have read, do consider tipping us a little through: https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow. Once we receive 6$, an advance chapter will be posted as a thank you. Don’t forget to mention the series that you’re supporting!

Chapter 6

Huge thanks to H for the kofi! (9/10)

My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me now has extra chapters up on kofi-shop!  Buy them now, only at https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow/shop ! Tier 1 with 3 advance chaps is for 5$, tier 2 with 7 advance chaps is for 12$, and tier 3 with 10 advance chapters is for 18$~

***

The bubble flashed red and made a great fuss as if there was a disaster happening nearby.

“What?!”

Crystals were just crystals, but someone nearby was in trouble.

Lelia saw a red exclamation mark floating in the dark.

Hey, but that’s…

“It’s Kalix’s room?!”

Lelia ran without hesitation, opened the door to Kalix’s room and rushed in.

Fortunately, the door was not locked.

***

There was no light in the room and it was pitch dark. Lelia followed the red exclamation mark and found Kalix on the ground.

He was covered in a cold sweat, but…

“His eyes…”

Kalix’s eyes were glistening strangely with the pupil completely gone. Gold, red, purple and silver swirled and shone with a mysterious light. Apart from the strange atmosphere, he blinked both of his eyes with a painful groan.

It seemed the after effect of the injury he received in the battle with the Dragon is seizures.

“Kalix… Kalix!”

Lelia didn’t know what to do. All she could do was sit near Kalix and watch his face.

Does she need to call someone? A wizard? A healer?

[What should I do? What should I do?]

Lelia was so scared and confused that she couldn’t think straight. Then something suddenly occurred to her.

She immediately opened the item window and found something and took it out. It was one of the game items; pain relievers and sedatives.

It is one of the basic alchemy medicines like physical strength recovery drugs, but it was more effective. It was safe because it was a medicine that is ingested directly.

Lelia opened the lid of the bottle with her trembling hands and spilled it into Kalix’s mouth.

“No…”

Kalix gagged on the medicine, and pressed his eyes tightly shut.

Lelia broke down in tears because she felt sorry for him.

She knew there would be after effects from the fight, but she didn’t expect her precious friend to suffer so much.

[Have you been in pain all alone in such an empty place?]

Kalix has always been strong since he was a child, and was always reluctant to show his weaknesses.

Lelia continued to weep pitifully for Kalix.

Then gradually Kalix’s pupils began to return to normal.

The illusions that haunted him faded away.

The nightmare in front of him was bodies piled on top of each other, so high that he had to climb over them. The sticky blood of the dragon pulling down his whole body, the stench that pierced his nose…

It all disappeared when a faint voice was heard.

“Kalix! Kalix… Kalix!”

‘Ah…’

Kalix marveled, and recognized who the owner of the voice was.

“Leo…”

It was Leo as a child.

The terrible illusion disappeared and a peaceful landscape emerged.

A vast landscape of clouds

Leo ran to Kalix, who was lying down comfortably and taking a nap.

“Hey, are you sleeping here alone?”

“What… How did you know I was still here?”

When Kalix responded angrily, Leo smirked and laughed meanly.

“You’re in my team.”

“Yes, yes, the Captain is great.”

“The way you call me Captain is getting a little cheeky.”

Leo then lay down next to Kalix and posed the same way, supporting the back of his head with both hands, and placing one leg over his other knee.

When Kalix was dumbfounded by Leo imitating him, Leo closed his eyes and said with a smile, “Let’s get some rest before the others come. There are no leeches on my team.”

“Isn’t the Captain robbing all my secret places? Stop finding them all, none of them are private anymore. This is all your fault.”

“What a shame! By the way, isn’t it surprising that you also know how to enjoy meditation?”

“Meditation? What’s that? I was just taking a nap.”

“I thought so. What’s a simple child like you doing?”

“Hey you, what did you just say?”

“Did you just call me ‘Hey you’? Call me Captain!”

The warm wind tickled his cheeks and there was a beautiful pink sunset in the sky.

The sound of Leo’s laughter was as clear as the sound of birdsong.

The image gradually faded.

He desperately tried to capture the scene before his eyes, but it disappeared like dust.

At the same time, he felt a dizzy feeling as if the ground was collapsing beneath him.

Leo is dead.

The memory of that day made him realize that fact with the intensity of a lightning strike.

The day it happened, Kalix spent the day doing nothing. He was in such shock that he couldn’t do anything.

When Kalix finally woke up, everything around him was a mess.

His eyes were wet, and his body was covered with bruises from this thrashing.

As the memory of that day came to mind, his heart began to beat violently. It was hard to breathe.

“Kalix!”

It was then.

Somehow a familiar voice caught his attention.

Slap, slap, slap!

The sudden sound of smacking brought him back to reality quickly.

Slap, slap, slap!

‘Hey, what is going on now?’

When he blinked a few times, he saw Leo looking at him with a pale face…

No, it was Lelia.

She was slapping his cheeks with both of her hands!

“Kalix! Kalix! Kalix! Kalix!”

“Why don’t you stop?”

Kalix clutched Lelia’s hands impatiently.

“Oh! Ahhh, I’m glad… Thank God…”

Lelia licked her lips and began to cry.

Only then did Kalix come to his senses and look around.

‘Oh, it must have been another seizure.’

‘Damn it…’

He felt ashamed at being caught like this.

Kalix clicked his tongue quietly and raised his upper body, which was dripping with sweat.

He nervously wiped off his sweaty forehead.

Then he noticed that his eyes were wet.

‘I can’t believe I cry when I have seizures.’

He wiped the corners of his eyes with reproachful thoughts.

“…….”

Kalix was about to get up with his eyes turned down, and finally found Lelia sitting next to him.

He was embarrassed.

“Hey, why are you crying?”

Lelia was incredibly sad about Kalix.

At Kalix’s words, she bit her lip and shrugged her shoulders. She tried to hold back her sobbing.

Some may mistake her for someone who lost her whole family during the war.

“Hey…”

Kalix patted Lelia on the shoulder with his big hand and she looked up at him in surprise.

Her tearful appearance was like a puppy scolded by its owner.

“……!”

Lelia realized too late what she must look like, and thought she must look weird.

She sprang to her feet, drove past Kalix, and out of the room at full speed.

“What…”

Kalix blinked in amazement.

It just felt weird.

‘What… I can’t believe she was crying so much. Do I look like I’m going to die’

‘No, I probably do look that terrible.’

‘I can’t cry that much.’

***

When Lelia returned to her room, she lay down on the bed and cried.

She was surprised by Kalix, partly because of the dreams that had haunted her for days. She was also responsible for the potential future she had trying to create all alone.

Once she burst into tears, all the tension she had built up broke down and she couldn’t stop it.

Above all, Kalix had looked sad and pitiful, she cried because she had sympathy for him.

Lelia lay motionless for a while longer, looking like a wooden doll.

She didn’t even see the message that had been floating before her eyes for a while.

✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧ You saved someone in crisis! Acquired the title of ‘A Passing Healer’! 3,000 crystals will be awarded as a reward. (。•̀ᴗ-)✧

***

The Next Morning…

Lelia looked at her swollen eyes in the mirror and bowed her head in sorrow.

A small message window flickered in front of her.

Oh! (ಠoಠ)!!! What to do when your eyes swell like a crucian carp? I recommend Potion of the Pufferfish to relieve swelling!( ³⌓³)

“.…”

[Are you kidding me now…]

Lelia grunted inwardly, but did as Alchemy suggested and took the medicine from her inventory.

It seemed that ‘Help Mode’ was useful in its own way.

It’s like a ‘Beginner’s Guide’.

She was able to relieve some of Kalix pain, so she was sure that it was actually helpful.

Lelia barely calmed her swollen eyes, she took out some pills and went to Kalix’s room.

“….”

Kalix opened the door, and looked at Lelia with a curious expression.

She had a rather awkward face.

“This… this is the medicine I gave to you yesterday just in case you don’t know. I thought it might be helpful.”

“What medicine is it?”

“It’s a pain reliever and a sedative.”

“Uhh…”

At the end of those words, awkward silence descended.

Lelia was feeling shy and left the room without saying a word.

[Did Romeo return?]

She thought so, and it was time for her to snoop around Romeo’s room.

Thump thump

The sound of brisk footsteps could be heard approaching from down the hall.

Turning her head, it was Ruth with a very angry expression.

“Sir Ruth?”

Ruth approached like an angry bull and grabbed Lelia by the collar.

He looked very furious with his bloodshot eyes.

He was mortified by Lelia.

“Sir Ruth…! What now… Why…!”

That was when.

“Sir Ruth! Release him immediately!”

Someone else was walking this way from down the hall. Lelia glanced around, while grabbing her collar, and it was Cedric and Damian.

[What is this…?]

As the princes approached, Ruth put down his clenched hand as if he couldn’t help it.

He still squeezed his fists in anger and trembled as if he was going to punch Lelia’s face at any moment.

Lelia’s eyes began to darken with worry.

She cleared her throat and looked at the two princes.

“What…?”

Cedric and Damian came close to her, and looked her up and down with a look of disapproval.

Then they made a shocking statement.

“Why the hell does Julianna want this guy to be her fiancé?”

[Wait, what?]

Lelia was so startled that she couldn’t speak properly.

The following words made Lelia even more shocked.

“Come with me, Sir Raymond. His Majesty wants to meet with you.”

“… … !!”

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Translator’s note: SERIOUSLY?! Was she ever in love with Ruth?!
Editor’s note: I’m not shocked. Ruth told her to act in a way that attracts women…

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Chapter 7